Tag Archives: commercial real estate

On January 17, JLL hosted its annual Industrial Exchange focused on e-commerce and logistics in Miami, Florida. We were lucky enough to have JLL subject matter experts from across the country join and share their knowledge with local clients, investors and the brokerage community. Topics discussed ranged from global trade to NAFTA to the retail conundrum. Outlined below are the key trends… Read More

South Florida has always been an appealing destination for law firms- a key industry for the region’s office market. JLL’s 2017 Law Firm Perspective found that rents are approaching record highs of $50 per square foot as firms flock to new mixed-use developments in South Florida’s urban cores.

We asked the expert, JLL Managing Director Matthew Cheezem, a few questions to learn more about law firm leasing trends. Click to watch, and… Read More

Countless technology companies are expanding beyond Silicon Valley and branching out to new markets across the country, making tech tenants one of commercial real estate’s biggest customers. In 2015 and 2016, leasing volumes from growing tech companies topped 15 million square feet –– and 2017 figures are expected to surpass that. The… Read More

While the performance of small- to mid-size warehouses is still a good gauge of the overall health of any industrial market, e-commerce tenants with large space requirements are transforming the way urban markets develop statewide.

These prospective tenants are hungry for distribution centers in highly populated areas, and they bring in their wake a host of third-party logistics and distribution firms. Over the past year or so, Amazon alone has appreciably pushed… Read More

With vacancy rates at about 8% in Fort Lauderdale’s downtown Class A office market, it’s likely that we will continue to see a strong appetite for office space in the Central Business District within the next 12 to 18 months. Plans are already afoot to meet this new demand, with the Stiles Corporation working to secure pre-leasing to kick off a 408,000-square-foot Class A office building. Unlike previous cycles however, new… Read More

There is a fresh drive among residents, businesses and leaders of Jacksonville to create a thriving and vibrant downtown to rival similar cities of its size across the US. This push is spurred by momentum from Florida’s positive economic influences and local economic wins, as well as national real estate trends. While the last decade has brought much of the same for the Central Business District’s (CBD) office properties and vacancy… Read More

Tampa’s commercial real estate market – and the Tampa office market in particular – is already an appealing destination for large, corporate tenants. The latest JLL research proves that while large blocks of space are limited, tenant demand is strong, so there is still room for growth.

We asked the expert, JLL Tampa’s Executive Vice President and Broker Lead, Brent Miller, a few questions to learn more about the future for the office… Read More

In part two of our Skyline series, we move up the state to take a deeper look at the skylines that make up the downtowns in Central and North Florida (click here to read Part One: South Florida). JLL recently launched its 2017 Skyline, a comprehensive report that analyzes supply, demand, rent and investment data across the country’s urban cores, with three of the profiled Skylines in Central and North Florida.

Searching for the right location for a business, warehouse or retail shop can be arduous and time consuming, but simply finding the right space is not where the process ends. Negotiating the right terms into a lease can make or break a successful landlord-tenant relationship and save countless headaches down the line.… Read More

Job growth in Florida slowed for the second straight month in April, with the state adding only 13,200 jobs from March to April. In addition, Florida’s payrolls have increased only 28,400 so far this year (non-seasonally adjusted) thanks in large part to a strong decline in jobs for the month of January – which is historically the case.